(Fig. 26b) "Headframes over tow chief shafts on the Raven Mining Company's portion of the Fort Duchesne vein. These shafts were deepened and somewhat modernized to service the lower levels. The shafts between, and on either side were then abandoned. Note hand screening equipment, power line, and slabs for lagging the ming."

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Title (Fig. 26b) "Headframes over tow chief shafts on the Raven Mining Company's portion of the Fort Duchesne vein. These shafts were deepened and somewhat modernized to service the lower levels. The shafts between, and on either side were then abandoned. Note hand screening equipment, power line, and slabs for lagging the ming."
Photo Number P0873n1_01_03b
Description Photo from a 1940 work by Arthur Crawford showing mine shaft headframes over the Fort Duchesne gilsonite vein, at the Raven Mining Company's mine in Uintah County, Utah.
Creator Crawford, Arthur L. (Arthur Lorenzo), 1899-1980
Date 1940
Textual Date 1940
Keywords Utah; Eastern Utah; Uintah or Uinta; Mining; Gilsonite; Miners; Excavating machinery
Subject Gilsonite--Utah--Photographs; Mines and mineral resources--Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs; Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Uintah County (Utah); Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)
Additional Information Western Americana (see Original Source field).
Collection Number and Name P0873 Gilsonite Mining Photograph Collection
Collection Name Gilsonite Mining
Original Source "Gilsonite : a general discussion with special reference to the Arrowchis Lease of the Western Gilsonite & Elaterite Company" by Arthur L. Crawford. [Salt Lake City, Utah?] : [s.n.], [1940] "Gilsonite" by John L. Kemmerer. Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Geology, University of Utah, 1934. "Dissertation on the history, occurrence, mining, and economics of gilsonite" by Irving Craig Roberts and Glen A. Carey. Thesis (B.S.)--Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, 1949
Donated By/Purchased From Collection derived from written documents in Western Americana, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library.
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ARK ark:/87278/s69k4wz0
Setname uum_map
ID 942908
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k4wz0
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